Video & Mobile

Grand Theft Auto is among the most culturally significant video game franchises in history. Popular among adult gamers, the games have become icons for child endangerment, and are frequently cited in political rhetoric directed against exposing violence...

Joystick Soldiers is the first anthology to examine the reciprocal relationship between militarism and video games. War has been an integral theme of the games industry since the invention of the first video game, Spacewar! in 1962.While war video games...

In the few decades since they first blipped their way onto television screens, videogames have become one of the most culturally, socially and economically significant media forms. Newman's volume considers how we might approach videogames as media texts...

Game studies has been an understudied area within the emerging field of digital media and religion. Video games can reflect, reject, or reconfigure traditionally held religious ideas and often serve as sources for the production of religious practices...

This book argues that games offer a means of coming to terms with a world that is being transformed by digital technologies. As blends of software and fiction, videogames are uniquely capable of representing and exploring the effects of digitization on...

Media in general and narrative media in particular have the potential to represent not only a variety of both possible and actual worlds but also the perception and consciousness of characters in these worlds. Hence, media can be understood as "qualia...

This book looks closely at the endings of narrative digital games, examining their ways of concluding the processes of both storytelling and play in order to gain insight into what endings are and how we identify them in different media. While narrative...

Description:Many new games are from first-time designers or are self-published, so there is a tremendous thirst for information about the nuts and bolts of tabletop game design. While there are many books about the design process in terms of mechanisms...

- Highly accessible and code-free introduction to game audio, suitable for a wide range of undergraduate courses, such as music production, sound design and composition - Accompanied by eresources, including downloadable projects for each chapter - A...

Sounding Emerging Media details a practice-based approach to sonic art and electroacoustic composition, drawing on methodologies inspired by the production of electronic literature, and game development.Using the structural concepts identified by Gilles...

This book is an important collection for scholars and students interested in the critical analysis of digital games, and will be of interest across several disciplines including game studies, game design and development, internet studies, visual studies,...

Distrust. Division. Disparity. Is our world in disrepair? Ethics and civics have always mattered, but perhaps they matter now more than ever before. Recently, with the rise of online teaching and movements like #PlayApartTogether, games have become...

Maybe it was the recent Atari 2600 milestone anniversary that fueled nostalgia for the golden days of computer and console gaming. Every Game Boy must ponder his roots from time to time. But whatever is driving the current retro gaming craze, one thing...

In a catastrophic instant, travel through the faster-than-light Drift realm failed, with travelers vanishing in mid-flight, communications scrambling, and the Drift's progenitor god Triune falling mysteriously silent. In the aftermath, empires cling to...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262044387Author Shira ChessFormat HardbackPage Count 184Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Darksiders: Genesis is an action/adventure game that tears its way through hordes of demons, angels, and everything in-between on its way to Hell and back with guns blazing and swords swinging. Showcasing the introduction of the Horseman Strife and the...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506713618Author Spike ChunsoftFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593158111Author Mojang ABFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Random House WorldsPublisher Random House USA IncSeries MinecraftWeight(grams)...

A thrilling, in-world overview of Abstergo Industries, the mysterious organization at the center of the Assassin's Creed (R) franchise.Agent: At Abstergo Entertainment, history is an experience. Our work not only enriches lives, it brings out truths that...

Build and create your own Roblox world with this updated, easy-to-use guide.Roblox, the largest user-generated online gaming platform that allows users to create and share their own game worlds and gaming creations, has taken the digital world by storm!...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604382044Author The Pokemon Company International IncFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Pokemon Company InternationalPublisher Pokemon Company...

Chun-li and Guile uncover the secrets of Shadaloo, while Ryu and Ken hunt down the murderous master of the fist - Akuma! It's a whirlwind tour across the globe with all your favorite World Warriors! Collects the original Street Fighter #0-6, plus cover...

In Red vs. Blue, its creators at Rooster Teeth brings together more than a decades' worth of ephemera and behind-the-scenes information from the popular comedic web series, including: * Character dossiers and fact sheets* Character-driven lists,...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506713601Author Spike ChunsoftFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.

New challengers rise up, while longtime favorites take their martial arts to the next level! The mysterious Menat confronts Shadaloo, Alex faces off with the Mad Gear Gang, Sakura and Karin cross fists one final time, and Akuma descends into a demonic...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940535111Author Derek YuFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Boss Fight LLCPublisher Boss Fight LLC

With the murderer Mitsuo Kubo apprehended and the case seemingly closed, life in Inaba returns to normal just in time for Soji and his friends to enjoy a well-earned summer vacation. But moving on is proving especially difficult for Naoki Konishi, for...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781955406291Author Dr Anthony BeanFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Leyline PublishingPublisher Leyline Publishing

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940535227Author Brock WilburFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Boss Fight BooksPublisher Boss Fight BooksWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm) 178mm * 127mm *...

What if there were video games that weren't about killing things? The world's biggest entertainment medium has come under decades of scrutiny because of its violent content. But here's a little known fact: from the very beginning, non-violent video...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782377842650Author Ludovic CastroFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Third EditionsPublisher Third Editions

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506713625Author Sucker Punch ProductFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940535050Author Jon IrwinFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Boss Fight LLCPublisher Boss Fight LLC

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262047722Author Miguel SicartFormat HardbackPage Count 184Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

The World Warrriors take center stage in the first ever Street Fighter novel! Featuring Ryu VS Akuma, Chun-li VS Elena, Guile VS E.Honda, Sagat VS M.Bison, and many more classic fighters colliding in their most epic encounters yet. It's all described in...

Pinball-ology! For enthusiasts, collectors, or anyone who has flipped, bumped, or banked a silver ball, the 3rd revised edition of pinball amusements has arrived! Extensive historical research details the progression of pinball over the decades, with...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683838616Author Victoria RosenthalFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight EditionsWeight(grams) 1089gDimensions(mm) 262mm *...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782377840489Author Nicolas TurcevFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Third EditionsPublisher Third Editions

When the World Warriors meet the Night Warriors -- they'll raise Hell! These time-tested combatants have met many times in the arcades, but nothing can prepare you for their first action-packed, fan service-fueled comic crossover! Villains will unite,...

Find out how to use the Unity Game Engine to its fullest for both 3D and 2D game development-from the basics to the hottest new tricks in virtual reality. With this unique cookbook, you'll get started in two ways: First, you'll learn about the Unity...